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Sunday, October 27, 2013
Friday, October 25, 2013
THOUGHTS ON THE AMMO SHORTAGE
Handgun Combatives….Dave Spaulding
More on the ammo shortage from a few folks I really respect. All
are commenting on an article from FORBES Magazine that I will link at the end.
Admittedly, I don't know what is up and I think Rich and Michael have probably
hit on in in the "perfect storm" theory. All I know is I want the
damn situation to pass!! While I never liked the government purchase theory,
this administration has made me quite uncomfortable with their actions to
reengineer our society. These guys dismiss that idea which makes me feel better
since they are on the inside of the industry more that I am these days. While
filming the Ruger TV Show RUGER INSIDE AND OUT this past summer, I did speak
with Steve Hornady and he confirmed pretty much what Michael says here:
From TACTICAL WIRE Editor Rich Grassi:
All the ammo insanity over the past year and you'd think people would calm down. The link is to a decent piece on ammo supply along with input from manufacturers and NICS data. NRA posted it on bookface. So, what are the comments?
"Ammo companies are like big oil, limiting supply to drive up prices."
"FEMA bought (fill in the blank) millions of rounds, what do they need it for?"
Blah - blah.
This comment was interesting:
"Walmarts in my area get shipments twice a week. LARGE shipments. People are lined up and buy the shelves bare almost immediately. Stop with the soldiers conspiracy crap. They're not government robots, they have families too. None of them are buying it up for the freaking base you idiots, they're buying a ton of it for the same purpose as you: personal stockpile.
"I was just at my local Walmart. It's a large one and very busy. And they had plenty of .45, .40, .380, .223, and 9mm. The shelves are empty because they only get two shipments a week and sell out fast to people who know the shipping schedule."
From writer, trainer and shooter Mark Moritz, the man who coined the ultimate truth "The first rule of gun fighting is to have a gun!" :
"OK, I never believed the conspiracy stuff, but the article still does not explain the shortage.
“There are more new gun owners.”
Fine. But there is a difference between “gun owners” and “shooters.” I have several friends who are first-time gun owners. They buy two boxes of ammunition, one for familiarization/practice (because who needs more than one box?), and one to keep in case they need to defend themselves. That’s it. (One of my friends made a point of buying hardball for his new 9mm pistol. He didn’t want to buy hollow points, because “I don’t want to kill anybody!”) How many of those non-shooting new gun owners does it take to offset guys like us, who actually shoot a lot? I’m shooting a whole lot less than I ever have. All my friends who are shooters are shooting a whole lot less. Those of you on this email list; aren’t you buying a lot less ammo than you used to? I used to buy a case of ammo about every other month, say six cases a year. That stopped last December, when every online ammo seller suddenly was out of stock. If we, the people who used to burn through thousands of rounds a year, have reduced our shooting (and eliminated our buying), how many new gun owners, with their 100-round “hoards,” does it take to make up for us? It doesn’t compute.
“Stores get ammo, and hoarders buy it up immediately.”
OK, I have seen that happen. I have stood in line at WalMart at 7 a.m., waiting for the chance to buy three boxes of ammo. I have been shut out when the people in front of me bought up all the .45 – 3 boxes at a time – before I got to the front of the line. However, since December, I have never, repeat never, seen them get .22LR. It’s not that they get .22 and people buy it as soon as it comes in – they don’t get .22, period. I know Federal and CCI say they are running 24 hours a day; I believe them. But the ammo is not getting to WalMart. It is not getting to the local gun stores. I repeat that they are not selling it as soon as they get it – they are not getting it. Just before the Connecticut shooting, I happened to order a couple bricks of Federal .22 from Midway, not to hoard, but just because I used to burn through a lot of .22, and I was getting low. It has been back-ordered since December, and the website still says “Date expected – unknown.” My consumption of .22 is way down, isn’t yours? My purchase of .22 is down to zero; isn’t yours? Regardless of how much Federal and CCI are producing, they are not shipping it to WalMart or Midway or Natchez Shooting Supply or any of the gun stores around here, are they? Same is true of practice .308. I see .223 come in at WalMart, and I see it get bought immediately, but I have never seen them get .308 FMJ.
So, where is the ammo going? I don’t know. I don’t have any theories. The “new gun owner” theory doesn’t persuade me, because those people don’t buy much ammo. The “stores sell it as soon as they get it” explains part, but not all – like .22 and .308.
The article is fine as far as it goes, but it doesn’t go very far. It does not explain the shortage."
From SHOOTING GALLERY host Michael Bane, who probably knows more industry people than anyone on the planet! :
"I've been saying for a while the only way the ammo shortage makes sense is as convergence, a perfect storm, if you will, of a number of major trends:
1) Increased number of shooters
2) Even though we are all shooting less, the larger majority of shooters are shooting more...we've been very successful in increasing the shooting sports, which has...duh!...resulted in a greater use of ammo than even a few years ago
3) The endless wars have leached a huge amount of ammo out of the marketplace
4) Even if the war stops tomorrow, the national reserves are pretty much down to zero and will have to be replenished
5) People are just plain scared about the future, and ammo is a tangible "prep" they can afford...this is a major net change in buying habits...people who once routinely bought 50 rounds of .22 now (when they can) buy a brick of 500, "just in case"
6) The world is unsettled; foreign ammo makers are getting large orders from countries ramping up for an uncertain future...some of the larger foreign makers are seeing larger civilian orders in their home countries, which have priority
7) There is greater competition for commodities used in ammunition manufacture from economies like China, India, Brazil, etc.
The great WW2 and Cold War hordes of surplus ammo in Europe are gone baby gone...we shot 'em up
9) Since we also bought guns to shoot up all that surplus ammo, we've now created additional markets for what we used to think of as "exotic" ammo, (5.45, anyone?) which puts more pressure on ammo makers to fill that void
10) Ammo makers have been at max capacity for some time now, and that puts huge pressure on both the machines and the work force...in a "just in time" environment, to doesn't take much to destabilize the system
11) And yes, people like me are HOARDING THE HELL out of ammo...get over it!"
The article from FORBES Magazine:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/frankminiter/2013/10/20/is-the-obama-administration-the-cause-of-gun-ammunition-shortages/
From TACTICAL WIRE Editor Rich Grassi:
All the ammo insanity over the past year and you'd think people would calm down. The link is to a decent piece on ammo supply along with input from manufacturers and NICS data. NRA posted it on bookface. So, what are the comments?
"Ammo companies are like big oil, limiting supply to drive up prices."
"FEMA bought (fill in the blank) millions of rounds, what do they need it for?"
Blah - blah.
This comment was interesting:
"Walmarts in my area get shipments twice a week. LARGE shipments. People are lined up and buy the shelves bare almost immediately. Stop with the soldiers conspiracy crap. They're not government robots, they have families too. None of them are buying it up for the freaking base you idiots, they're buying a ton of it for the same purpose as you: personal stockpile.
"I was just at my local Walmart. It's a large one and very busy. And they had plenty of .45, .40, .380, .223, and 9mm. The shelves are empty because they only get two shipments a week and sell out fast to people who know the shipping schedule."
From writer, trainer and shooter Mark Moritz, the man who coined the ultimate truth "The first rule of gun fighting is to have a gun!" :
"OK, I never believed the conspiracy stuff, but the article still does not explain the shortage.
“There are more new gun owners.”
Fine. But there is a difference between “gun owners” and “shooters.” I have several friends who are first-time gun owners. They buy two boxes of ammunition, one for familiarization/practice (because who needs more than one box?), and one to keep in case they need to defend themselves. That’s it. (One of my friends made a point of buying hardball for his new 9mm pistol. He didn’t want to buy hollow points, because “I don’t want to kill anybody!”) How many of those non-shooting new gun owners does it take to offset guys like us, who actually shoot a lot? I’m shooting a whole lot less than I ever have. All my friends who are shooters are shooting a whole lot less. Those of you on this email list; aren’t you buying a lot less ammo than you used to? I used to buy a case of ammo about every other month, say six cases a year. That stopped last December, when every online ammo seller suddenly was out of stock. If we, the people who used to burn through thousands of rounds a year, have reduced our shooting (and eliminated our buying), how many new gun owners, with their 100-round “hoards,” does it take to make up for us? It doesn’t compute.
“Stores get ammo, and hoarders buy it up immediately.”
OK, I have seen that happen. I have stood in line at WalMart at 7 a.m., waiting for the chance to buy three boxes of ammo. I have been shut out when the people in front of me bought up all the .45 – 3 boxes at a time – before I got to the front of the line. However, since December, I have never, repeat never, seen them get .22LR. It’s not that they get .22 and people buy it as soon as it comes in – they don’t get .22, period. I know Federal and CCI say they are running 24 hours a day; I believe them. But the ammo is not getting to WalMart. It is not getting to the local gun stores. I repeat that they are not selling it as soon as they get it – they are not getting it. Just before the Connecticut shooting, I happened to order a couple bricks of Federal .22 from Midway, not to hoard, but just because I used to burn through a lot of .22, and I was getting low. It has been back-ordered since December, and the website still says “Date expected – unknown.” My consumption of .22 is way down, isn’t yours? My purchase of .22 is down to zero; isn’t yours? Regardless of how much Federal and CCI are producing, they are not shipping it to WalMart or Midway or Natchez Shooting Supply or any of the gun stores around here, are they? Same is true of practice .308. I see .223 come in at WalMart, and I see it get bought immediately, but I have never seen them get .308 FMJ.
So, where is the ammo going? I don’t know. I don’t have any theories. The “new gun owner” theory doesn’t persuade me, because those people don’t buy much ammo. The “stores sell it as soon as they get it” explains part, but not all – like .22 and .308.
The article is fine as far as it goes, but it doesn’t go very far. It does not explain the shortage."
From SHOOTING GALLERY host Michael Bane, who probably knows more industry people than anyone on the planet! :
"I've been saying for a while the only way the ammo shortage makes sense is as convergence, a perfect storm, if you will, of a number of major trends:
1) Increased number of shooters
2) Even though we are all shooting less, the larger majority of shooters are shooting more...we've been very successful in increasing the shooting sports, which has...duh!...resulted in a greater use of ammo than even a few years ago
3) The endless wars have leached a huge amount of ammo out of the marketplace
4) Even if the war stops tomorrow, the national reserves are pretty much down to zero and will have to be replenished
5) People are just plain scared about the future, and ammo is a tangible "prep" they can afford...this is a major net change in buying habits...people who once routinely bought 50 rounds of .22 now (when they can) buy a brick of 500, "just in case"
6) The world is unsettled; foreign ammo makers are getting large orders from countries ramping up for an uncertain future...some of the larger foreign makers are seeing larger civilian orders in their home countries, which have priority
7) There is greater competition for commodities used in ammunition manufacture from economies like China, India, Brazil, etc.
The great WW2 and Cold War hordes of surplus ammo in Europe are gone baby gone...we shot 'em up
9) Since we also bought guns to shoot up all that surplus ammo, we've now created additional markets for what we used to think of as "exotic" ammo, (5.45, anyone?) which puts more pressure on ammo makers to fill that void
10) Ammo makers have been at max capacity for some time now, and that puts huge pressure on both the machines and the work force...in a "just in time" environment, to doesn't take much to destabilize the system
11) And yes, people like me are HOARDING THE HELL out of ammo...get over it!"
The article from FORBES Magazine:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/frankminiter/2013/10/20/is-the-obama-administration-the-cause-of-gun-ammunition-shortages/
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
This was posted by Handgun Combatives, and is some really good information from one of the most highly respected and experienced trainers in the world:
While NOT LEGAL advice, John has some thoughts on how to deal
with burglars trying to break into your house...
Shooting Burglary Suspects!
I've been peripherally involved recently in several cases where homeowners
shot burglary suspects who were attempting to break into a home. In some
cases, the homeowner shot the suspect from the inside through a window or
door. Much trouble, even on the criminal side, with these cases!
Best advice is this:
When a burglary suspect is attempting to force his way into your home, and
you're on the inside:
>Wait to shoot until he actually breaks something. Let him break the
window, screen, door, etc. Broken things will be strong evidence in your
favor, showing, among other things, a proclivity for violence on the part of the
suspect.
>Use verbal commands when practicable. Upon discovering someone is
actually home, many, probably most, burglary suspects will break it off and
depart, having no interest in confronting an irate homeowner who may be armed.
>Have motion-lights all around your home. I know few burglary suspects
who are inclined to stand directly under a floodlight while trying to force
open a window! When lights come on, most flee.
>When compelled to defend yourself with gunfire, shoot with sufficient
volume and accuracy to stop the threat quickly. The suspect(s) will likely
run away, whether he has been hit or not. That is a good thing! Once the
suspect(s) clearly no longer represents a threat, stop shooting! Don't go
looking for him! Stay separated and call police.
>Don't try to hold suspects at gunpoint until police arrive. Encourage
them to run away, which they'll likely be more than happy to do! Don't
stand between them and an exit. When all they want to do is leave, we will let
them!
When you adhere to the foregoing, you'll probably be on pretty solid
ground. But, there are no guarantees! In the aftermath, make sure you have
competent representation, an attorney who knows how to make things go your way.
Join ACLDN (Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network)! You'll be way ahead of
the game!
/John
John S. Farnam
Shooting Burglary Suspects!
I've been peripherally involved recently in several cases where homeowners
shot burglary suspects who were attempting to break into a home. In some
cases, the homeowner shot the suspect from the inside through a window or
door. Much trouble, even on the criminal side, with these cases!
Best advice is this:
When a burglary suspect is attempting to force his way into your home, and
you're on the inside:
>Wait to shoot until he actually breaks something. Let him break the
window, screen, door, etc. Broken things will be strong evidence in your
favor, showing, among other things, a proclivity for violence on the part of the
suspect.
>Use verbal commands when practicable. Upon discovering someone is
actually home, many, probably most, burglary suspects will break it off and
depart, having no interest in confronting an irate homeowner who may be armed.
>Have motion-lights all around your home. I know few burglary suspects
who are inclined to stand directly under a floodlight while trying to force
open a window! When lights come on, most flee.
>When compelled to defend yourself with gunfire, shoot with sufficient
volume and accuracy to stop the threat quickly. The suspect(s) will likely
run away, whether he has been hit or not. That is a good thing! Once the
suspect(s) clearly no longer represents a threat, stop shooting! Don't go
looking for him! Stay separated and call police.
>Don't try to hold suspects at gunpoint until police arrive. Encourage
them to run away, which they'll likely be more than happy to do! Don't
stand between them and an exit. When all they want to do is leave, we will let
them!
When you adhere to the foregoing, you'll probably be on pretty solid
ground. But, there are no guarantees! In the aftermath, make sure you have
competent representation, an attorney who knows how to make things go your way.
Join ACLDN (Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network)! You'll be way ahead of
the game!
/John
John S. Farnam
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
This is what scares me!
Are our Police and Law Enforcement Officers going to just follow orders that defy GOOD JUDGEMENT AND COMMON SENSE. Or are they going to respect the the CONSTITUTION and uphold the laws that they swore to protect! The BILL OF RIGHTS!
Saturday, October 12, 2013
WOW, We are finally official!
Well, it's finally official! We just received our Certificate of Certification and are now an approved PA Act 235 Lethal Weapons Training School. Our classes will take place at the Double Action Indoor Shooting Range, in Yeadon, Pa. If you are not familiar with this facility, I can assure you that it is one of the cleanest and most professionally run ranges in the Philadelphia Region. Our highly skilled instructor staff will be comprised of some of the most experienced law enforcement professionals from this area. We will be conducting both the Basic and the Re-certification Classes. A schedule of classes will be available in the near future.
Training will held to the highest standard with NO EXCEPTION!
Friday, October 4, 2013
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
VIEWPOINT OF A TRUE HERO
Dear Mr. Football
Player,
I saw on Twitter you think it’s easy and takes no
skills to kill people. Well, let me tell you this. It takes mad skills and
madder smarts to be an infantryman. Everyone thinks we’re dumb and borderline
illiterate but some of the smartest people I know are in the military and they
have amazing people killing skills.
Think about it. Is there
any more useful skill in this world than killing people when the shit hits the
fan? In case you’re wondering, the answer is no.
But it’s not just about
pulling a trigger. Any idiot can do that. Hell, being a NFL player, I’m sure
you know how to do that better than me. Then again, when I tried it your way by
holding my M9 sideways, I ended up missing my target and killed a local
sheikh’s prized goat.
There is so much more to
this than you could possibly imagine. I’d try to explain it to you but I’m sure
the Asian kid you cheated off of in college isn’t reading this letter to you.
So I’ll put it in football terms.
We are a team
organization, like you, but instead of having a world-class training staff,
ours is a disgruntled medic who gives out Motrin and tells us to quit being a
pussy. Our coach is a 22-year-old Lieutenant who’s calling plays based off of a
college degree and no experience. Our owner is an American public who left the
game at halftime to go fucking shopping. And when was the last time you were
tackled in the back by a guy who’s supposedly on your team?
Shit, in our game,
there’s no timeout. We don’t get a break to pick a play. There’s no trophy for
us at the end of a battle, except for our medals and combat badges and shit,
but regardless, we don’t do this for the glory. There’s no platoon of
supermodel gold diggers waiting for us when we come off the field. We marry fat
chicks so we can make about an extra thousand a month.
I know it must be a
difficult life for you, living under the constant pressure of performing once a
week on game day using all your skills. We only have to spend a year or so
using our non-existent skills in a country where people throw grenades at us
instead of plastic cups filled with beer.
Also, is it true you’re
a free agent? Hopefully, that high school football coaching job comes through
for you. If not, I’ll see you in the
unemployment line when I get out of the military in a couple of
months. If I’m feeling charitable, I might give you the number to my recruiter.
Sincerely fuck off,
Private Joe Snuffy
John Mittle and Smelly
Infidel contributed edits.
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